Registration and Ceremonies Officer (Sessional)
London
£40,404 - £44,235
Code Red Associates is currently partnering with one of our valued clients who are seeking to add x2 registration and ceremonies officers to their business. This is a fantastic opportunity if you are taking that next step in your career or now open to a change.
Responsibilities:
To be responsible for the registration of births, deaths, still-births, marriages, civil partnerships, civil partnership to marriage conversions, and naturalization of British citizens.
To attest notices of marriage and civil partnership including housebound and detained notices and notices for a Registrar General's Licence.
To deliver non-statutory registration services such as nationality checking service, settlement checking services, non-statutory ceremonies, change of name deeds, will writing and other appropriate non-statutory services as may be determined by the Head of Registration Service.
To have comprehensive knowledge of all relevant legislation and to apply this within a customer service context, completing all associated administration, including the accurate recording of all income received against certificates issued and services provided.
Duties:
To be fully knowledgeable on all relevant registration, data protection, citizenship and immigration legislation as determined by the Registrar General and Home Office, and to deputise, as directed by the team manager / registrar, to register all births, deaths, still-births, civil partnerships, marriages and civil partnership conversions according to statute, meeting both the highest standards of accuracy and statutory key performance indicator targets.
To fulfil the legal responsibilities of a deputy registrar, deputy superintendent registrar and civil partnership registrar in all registration duties.
To receive duly completed medical certificates of cause of death or still-birth from a doctor or other qualified person and to recognize deaths which must be referred to a coroner for further investigation. To formally refer uncertified and specified causes of death to the Coroner.
To advise customers on all registration matters, including re-registrations, corrections, marital status or condition, parental responsibility and immigration status. To refer cases to the Registrar General or, where the law permits it, to authorize re-registrations and corrections on behalf of the Registrar General.
We act as an Employment Agency/Business with regards to this vacancy. As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or age. All applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the job